James Brady

Born in Brooklyn in 1928, James Brady built a varied career as a journalist, editor, columnist, and author. He became especially well known for creating the Page Six gossip column at the New York Post and for writing the long-running In Step With column for Parade.

Before and alongside his newspaper and magazine work, Brady served as a United States Marine Corps officer in the Korean War. That experience stayed with him and became the basis for several of his best-known books, including The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea and other works about Marines and combat.

He also wrote fiction, including the bestselling novel The Marines of Autumn, and was known for a style that could be witty in one setting and deeply reflective in another. He died in 2009, leaving behind a body of work that ranged from social observation to hard-earned war writing.